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HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)The right hon. Gentleman is exactly right. The point of the defence of “reasonable” is that, in order for this to be an offence, the individual needs to be aware that the benefit…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)Yes.08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)The hon. Lady can be absolutely assured that there is no way that I would like to leave out any form of inducement that a foreign intelligence service could use to entice somebody…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)The clause provides for a criminal offence of breaching a measure specified in a part 2 notice without reasonable excuse. This echoes, as do many of the provisions, a similar…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is quite clear that any order given must have consequences if it is disobeyed—I do not think anyone in this room would disagree with that—and it is important that the penalties…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)The clause gives effect to schedule 8, which provides the police with powers of search, entry, seizure and retention in a number of scenarios relating to STPIMs. For the sake of…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)The hon. Member for Halifax asked about the use of the term “constable”. It is standard, and she will realise that mostly it will be counter-terrorist police who lead on STPIMs,…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)The clause will give effect to schedule 9, which makes provision for the taking and retention of biometric material from individuals subject to a part 2 notice. I will cover the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)Let me briefly say that we all pray for Her Majesty; it is an extraordinary moment. God save the Queen. Clause 53 sets out how certain part 2 notices are to be served. A part 2…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)The right hon. Member will know that I am going to write to him about that, because he raises some interesting questions. I will come back to him. At the freezing stage, the court…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)The hon. Member will be aware that I have been in post for only a few hours, so I will be cautious about making commitments that I cannot keep, but I can assure her that I will do…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank hon. Members for the tone of this discussion. I appreciate that scrutiny is important. This is about protecting not just the rights of individuals, but the agencies that…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)I do appreciate that elements are being raised about which I will write to various Committee members, and I will follow up on areas that I have not covered in detail. Although the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)Clause 48 requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament every quarter on the exercise of her powers under this part of the Bill. The Committee will recognise the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)Let me quickly answer the question on who is the appropriate advocate. That is somebody appointed by the Attorney General under schedule 7(10)(1). The person has to be an…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)Clause 47, and schedule 7, to which the clause gives effect, make further provision for court proceedings in relation to decisions taken under the Bill. I will spend slightly…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)Members will be pleased that this is very brief. Clause 46 makes an important but largely technical provision. The purpose is to provide absolute clarity that the High Court is…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)Before I come to the right hon. Member for Dundee East’s words, I will just address the very generous tribute from the right hon. Member for North Durham. I remember that I used…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)The clause set out the rights of appeal of a person subject to an STPIM notice and the function of the court on considering such an appeal. Those rights of appeal are in addition…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)Perhaps the hon. Member will appreciate that not everybody who spends time in prison will do so for the offence for which the STPIM might have been applied. It is perfectly…08 Sept 2022